Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870650
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for system-config-firewall RHSA-2011:0953-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'system-config-firewall'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'system-config-firewall' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: system-config-firewall is a graphical user interface for basic firewall setup. It was found that system-config-firewall used the Python pickle module in an insecure way when sending data (via D-Bus) to the privileged back-end mechanism. A local user authorized to configure firewall rules using system-config-firewall could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, by sending a specially-crafted serialized object. (CVE-2011-2520) Red Hat would like to thank Marco Slaviero of SensePost for reporting this issue. This erratum updates system-config-firewall to use JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for data exchange, instead of pickle. Therefore, an updated version of system-config-printer that uses this new communication data format is also provided in this erratum. Users of system-config-firewall are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Running instances of system-config-firewall must be restarted before the utility will be able to communicate with its updated back-end. Affected Software/OS: system-config-firewall on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 6.0 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2520 1025793 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025793 45294 http://secunia.com/advisories/45294 48715 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48715 FEDORA-2011-9652 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063314.html RHSA-2011:0953 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0953.html [oss-security] 20110718 CVE-2011-2520: flaw in system-config-firewall's usage of pickle allows privilege escalation http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/18/6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717985 systemconfigfirewall-priv-escalation(68734) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68734
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